MLB in Omaha
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| Date | June 13, 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Charles Schwab Field Omaha[a] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Omaha, Nebraska | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Umpires | HP: Alan Porter 1B: Joe West[b] 2B: John Libka 3B: Eric Cooper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 25,454 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time of game | 7:08 PM CDT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | 8 players from the final 8 schools in the 2019 College World Series[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | ESPN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Karl Ravech (play-by-play) Eduardo Pérez (analyst) Kyle Peterson (analyst) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MLB in Omaha was a Major League Baseball (MLB) specialty game played between the American League (AL) Central's Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals on June 13, 2019. The game was played at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska, two days before the start of that season's College World Series, held at the same venue. This was the first regular-season MLB contest played in the state of Nebraska. The game, sponsored by GEICO and broadcast on ESPN, was won by the Royals, 7–3.[2]
Background
[edit | edit source]In June 2018, MLB announced that the Tigers and Royals would play a regular season game at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.[3] MLB wanted a way to connect College Baseball with Major League Baseball, and did so by scheduling an MLB game two days before the 2019 College World Series in Omaha.[4]
Game
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Recap
[edit | edit source]The Royals served as the home team, while the Tigers were the visitors. Matthew Boyd was the starting pitcher for Detroit, and Homer Bailey started for Kansas City.[5] Nicky Lopez hit his first career home run where he played college baseball to start the scoring for the Royals. Homer Bailey pitched six scoreless innings and got the win while Matthew Boyd was given the loss. The Royals won the game 7–3.[6]
Line score
[edit | edit source]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Detroit Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas City Royals | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | × | 7 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Homer Bailey (5–6) LP: Matthew Boyd (5–5) Sv: Ian Kennedy (6) Home runs: Away: None Home: Nicky Lopez (1) Attendance: 25,454 Time: 3:17 Umpires: Alan Porter, Joe West, John Libka, Eric Cooper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Box score
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Pitching
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Pitching
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See also
[edit | edit source]- List of neutral site regular season Major League Baseball games played in the United States and Canada
- College World Series
- 2019 College World Series
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Formerly TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
- ^ Crew Chief
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